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OT: Keyboard spacebar is unlabeled



On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 09:52, Bob Gorman wrote:

> I was eyeing my keyboard the other day, lamenting it's layout. I then started reviewing how the keys are labeled, and noticed that every key has a label, except the space bar. I am surprised as an unlabeled key must violate some ISO, Usability or Disability standard.
> 
> Does anyone have any insight into this phenomenon?

Before I ever touched a computer, I used typewriters occasionally. 
I don't recall their space bars being labeled, either. 

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